Category Archives: Health

Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Michael Douglas wrote in his memoir about battling sex addiction – but is ‘addiction’ really just high sex drive? What do Michael Douglas, Tiger Woods and David Duchovny have in common? They’ve all publicly professed a sex addiction. And if you’re wondering whether that’s a real thing, you’re not alone – so are scientists. Sex addiction ...

Adnan Abidi/Reuters Authorities in India believe that cooking oil stored in bottles that once contained pesticide is responsible for killing 23 children. Indian police suspect that India’s worst outbreak of mass food poisoning in years was caused by cooking oil that had been kept in a container previously used to store pesticide, the magistrate overseeing the investigation said on ...

abcnews.go.com The women vaporize the marijuana, which they say gives them the benefits without the smoke. Parenting and pot may seem like a taboo combination, but a group of Beverly Hills moms swear it is the secret to their success. The Beverly Hills Cannabis Club recently gathered at the home of founder Cheryl Shuman, the self-proclaimed “Martha Stewart of Marijuana,” ...

Mariela Lombard Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway said the city doesn’t understand why the court or the unions would want someone not entitled to a health care plan to take advantage of the program. A city audit of employee health care plans — part of an ambitious effort to weed out ineligible recipients — has ground to a halt after a ...

Dr. Dorothy Grice, professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai, says, “OCD can be extremely disabling, especially when the compulsions become time-consuming and elaborate.” THE SPECIALIST: Dr. Dorothy Grice A professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai, Dr. Dorothy Grice is a child psychiatrist who specializes in obsessive-compulsive disorder and tic disorders such as Tourette’s syndrome. Her program provides care to children, ...

20 July 2013 Last updated at 23:50 ET Public health officials say the checks could prevent heart attacks and diabetes Hundreds of lives could be saved if the NHS and local authorities did more to encourage people to take up free health checks, the health secretary has said. Jeremy Hunt was highlighting the NHS Health Check programme, which is led ...

20 July 2013 Last updated at 19:22 ET There are more than 100 types of HPV One third of people diagnosed with throat cancer are infected with a form of the HPV virus, a study suggests. HPV (human papillomavirus) is the major cause of cervical cancer, and the virus is known to spread through genital or oral contact. Actor Michael ...

18 July 2013 Last updated at 20:50 ET Pain and chronic fatigue are just some of the long-term effects of cancer treatment Around 500,000 people in the UK face poor health or disability after being treated for cancer, says a report from Macmillan Cancer Support. The charity says more should be done to help the one in four affected by ...

19 July 2013 Last updated at 19:01 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Cancer treatment can affect fertility The care for young women needing cancer treatment which could damage their chances of having children needs to be improved, researchers say. A study of 290 young patients in the UK showed fertility was frequently not discussed before ...

19 July 2013 Last updated at 06:28 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News The first trial of stem cells produced from a patient’s own body has been approved by the Japanese government. Stem cells can become any other part of the body – from nerve to bone to skin – and are touted as the future ...